THE ART OF NICHOLAS FELIX. A GENERAL SURVEY AND DETAILED CATALOGUE OF HIS WORK AS AN ARTIST. Published in Ewell by J.W. McKenzie, 1985. 8vo. 78pp. 6 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. LIMITED EDITION of 220 numbered copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A catalogue of all the known paintings, drawings and prints by Nicholas Wanostrocht, who played under the pseudonym Felix. Felix was one of the greatest cricketers of his time, playing for Kent and Surrey between 1834 and 1852. In later years he became a renowned artist, and his subjects included many contemporary cricketers. Gerald Brodribb provides scholarly research and has traced and catalogued all known paintings and prints by Felix. Each item contains detailed notes by the author who was an authority on Nicholas Felix. Born in 1804 of Flemish extraction, Nicholas Wanostrocht changed his name to Felix because he felt that cricket's association with gambling and betting in the 1820s did not befit his position of schoolmaster and later headmaster. Padwick II, 3405. ............................................................................. Wisden Cricket Monthly, September 1985: ...Brodribb's survey, which has taken years of industrious research now gathers together all that is ever likely to be known about Felix's pen and brushwork...he describes in fine detail the 319 items so far identified as Felix's work. ....................................................................... The Cricketer International, October 1985: Felix became a professional painter on his retirement from active cricket and in this illustrated 78-page monograph Dr. Brodribb meticulously lists 319 of his known pictures with their provenance. ........................................................................ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1986: The most complete annotated catalogue ever...made of his paintings, drawings and engravings...A most worthy piece of cricket scholarship. [ref: 14622] £20.00 enquire buy |
THE ENGLISH GAME. A CRICKET ANTHOLOGY. COMPILED BY GERALD BRODRIBB. London, 1948. 8vo. xx+234pp. 13 plates. Original cloth in chipped dust-wrapper. Cricket anthology. Contributors include James Love, Andrew Lang, Rev. James Pycroft and Neville Cardus. Padwick, 5835. [ref: 14632] £6.00 enquire buy |
An original head and shoulders postcard-size photo of Peter Brodrick. Newmarket, Published by C. Goodman, (c.1961). Good condition. Brodrick played for Cambridge University between 1959 and 1961. [ref: 64315] £10.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
An original full length postcard-size photograph of Freddie Brown. Newmarket, Published by C. Goodman, (c.1951). Good condition. Brown played for Surrey between 1931 and 1948 and for Northamptonshire between 1949 and 1953. He played 22 Test matches for England between 1931 and 1953. [ref: 63594] £10.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
An original humorous colour postcard by Tom Browne, of a man swinging a cricket bat as the ball breaks a window, while three boys stand watching. Titled: Uncle Podger shews the children how to play cricket. Published by Davidson Bros., in the "Uncle Podger" Series, No. 2593. (c.1907). Good condition. Tom Browne (1870-1910) was a popular English cartoonist, painter and illustrator of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. [ref: 40897] £8.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA AT THE WICKET. A COMPLETE RECORD OF ALL CRICKET MATCHES PLAYED BETWEEN ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN ELEVENS... Ilkley, [1887]. 8vo. 293pp. Original pictorial wrappers, covers soiled and worn. 'Reporting Agency' inscribed in ink on the front cover. CHARLES F. PARDON'S BOOK, WITH HIS SIGNATURE OF OWNERSHIP on the preface page. Pardon (1850-1890) was editor of Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack between 1887 and 1890. He founded the Pardon's Reporting Agency in the 1870s. After his death his brother Sydney Pardon became editor of Wisden for 35 years. A review of England v. Australia Test cricket, published to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Test cricket. Britton, Cricket Books. The 100 Best, 1929: 'A fine compilation with notes on players and each game...' Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937: 'Scarce.' Padwick, 4361. [ref: 67079] £100.00 enquire buy |
POMMIES. ENGLAND CRICKET THROUGH AN AUSTRALIAN LENS. Leicester, 2008. 8vo. 336pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A review of England's decline in Test cricket after winning the Ashes in 2005. [ref: 56576] £10.00 enquire buy |
FRESH LIGHT ON 18TH CENTURY CRICKET. A COLLECTION OF 1,000 NEW CRICKET NOTICES FROM 1697 TO 1800... Birmingham, (1935). 8vo. x+261pp. Frontispiece. Original quarter buckram, covers slightly soiled. A scholarly reference work, with scores of some matches not included in Scores and Biographies. These discoveries were probably the widest and most far-reaching ever conducted into the game and make this book invaluable to any student of early cricket history. Padwick, 801. [ref: 63751] £100.00 enquire buy |
FRESH LIGHT ON 18TH CENTURY CRICKET. A COLLECTION OF 1,000 NEW CRICKET NOTICES FROM 1697 TO 1800... Birmingham, [1935]. 8vo. x+261pp. Frontispiece. Original quarter buckram, covers slightly soiled. WITH THE FOUR PAGE PRINTED SUPPLEMENT loosely inserted. A scholarly reference work with scores of some matches not included in Scores and Biographies. These discoveries were probably the widest and most far-reaching ever conducted into the game and make this book invaluable to any student of early cricket history. Padwick, 801. [ref: 30548] £120.00 enquire buy |
FRESH LIGHT ON PRE-VICTORIAN CRICKET. A COLLECTION OF NEW CRICKET NOTICES FROM 1709 TO 1837... Birmingham, [1937]. 8vo. x+250pp. Original cloth. Good condition. A scholarly reference work, with scores of some matches not included in Scores and Biographies. These discoveries were probably the widest and most far-reaching ever conducted into the game and make this book invaluable to any student of early cricket history. Padwick, 870. [ref: 66049] £100.00 enquire buy |
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